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Originally Posted by aggie91
Russell
Set up looks good on the truck and chassis. One question though...
In the picture of the oil pan in relation to the front crossmember, it looks like the tail shaft of the trans could come down to level out the bottom of the engine oil pan. Would that help the trans/floor pan clearance without hurting driveline angles?
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Good eye, I didn't feel like bolting the cross member in so its sitting on top of the bracket instead of under it. That's .500" down on the transmission mount. The pan angle is more because the trucks have live axles and are high off the ground so they tilt the motor back quite a bit to keep the drive line angle correct. Getting the pan flat is possible but not as important for this one. We would like lots of clearance for the guys who run the low body stance and don't want to knock holes in their pan but if you wanted to you could space the transmission crossmember down quite easily or just flip it and lower the motor .750" down.
So if you didn't want to mod the floor you've got room to go down but on say a t56 where the shifters position is almost as important a choice for the drive train placement then you can come up and do a little modification.
Later
-Russell